Need to sell this autumn? So far this autumn, we have seen more positive headlines on the housing market – the latest Halifax index for example shows another 0.3% increase in prices Sept vs Aug which is now almost 5% higher than the same point last year. On the other hand, property supply remains very… Read More
Autumn market update September saw a raft of more positive headlines on the housing market, thanks in part to interest rate cuts post election and the anticipation of more in the autumn. The latest Halifax index shows annual growth at 4.3%, Nationwide suggest average UK house prices rose at their highest annual rate since December… Read More
All the news from the Bath property market this summer – right here in our latest market update. National property headlines The Land Registry’s UK House Price Index says the average price of a property in the UK increased by 1.8% between March 2023 and 2024, compared to 2.7% in the previous year…. Read More
Bath property market report – March 2023 According to the Telegraph’s 1st March article citing a survey by Propcast, Bath is the only English city where property buyer demand has risen in the past six months (up 11% apparently). Alternative news was provided at the same time by the Nationwide in their house price index… Read More
EPCs – how important will they be in 2023? If you’re thinking of selling in 2023, you might imagine your first step would be to contact estate agents for opinions on value. You might be surprised to learn I’m going to advise getting your EPC (Energy Performance Certificate) done first. Once an overlooked vestige… Read More
At this time of the year, questions to agents from their clients tend to fall into two camps – those involved in current sales who would very much like to be completed by Christmas and newer enquiries keen to know when might be the best time to kick off their New Year plans. With an… Read More
Bath property market update – November 2022 With Halloween and Bonfire Night having passed, there’s now no avoiding the Christmas displays in the shops or adverts on the TV but how has the Bath property market fared during a time of significant economic and political upheaval? Since our last market report in September, we’re on… Read More
Stock rising but no sign of sales slowing Welcome to our latest round-up of local property stats and headlines. Whilst we bask in the current heatwave and listen to Michael Buble from the Crescent lawns, we’ve also been researching the latest trends in the Bath property market. Please see below for July’s data and do… Read More
Why are there so few properties to buy in Bath? An excellent question and one we are asked daily by both buyers and sellers – often with more than a tinge of frustration at present! Buyers report searching across wide areas of the city for months and only seeing a handful of available homes, most… Read More
Bath property market update – Feb 2021 I must start with an apology – we’ve been so busy since re-opening after Christmas that I haven’t had a spare minute between viewings to analyse figures. We have been deluged with new buyer requests on our properties so this is the first update of the year. However,… Read More
Looking forward to 2021 – what will the New Year bring in the local housing market? In many ways 2020 was a year we might want to forget ever happened. Hopefully 2021 will see some sort of return to normality once vaccines are rolled out but, for now, we enter the New Year in Bath… Read More
Bath property market update – Nov 2020. A note of caution before we delve into the latest statistics – this isn’t a typical November by any stretch! What a rollercoaster of a year we’ve had thanks to Covid. Three months of strong trading up to March then two months of almost complete silence. The market… Read More
